
US energy chief to seek $20 billion to refill oil reserve, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright estimates it would take $20 billion and years to accomplish President Donald Trump’s goal of refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to its maximum capacity, the Energy Department said on Friday. Former President Joe Biden’s administration sold nearly 300 million barrels from the reserve including a 180-million-barrel sale in 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine.